Pantaloons hanger and stretcher



(No Model.)

0. A. EVANS. PANTALOONS HANGER AND STRETGHER.

' No. 457,190. Patented Aug..4, 1891.

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ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE A. EVANS, OF UPLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

PANTALOONS HANGER AND STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,190, dated August4, 1891,

Application filed January 15 1891. Serial No. 377,790. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. EVANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Upland, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pantaloons Hangers andStretchers, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a hanger and stretcher for pantaloons ortrousers formed of a throat and means for closing'the same, whereby thepantaloons inserted in said throat may be gripped or engaged and thussupported in depending position.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hanger and stretcherembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a partial side elevation andpartial vertical section of the same in perspective on an enlargedscale. Fig. 3 represents an end view thereof. Fig. 4 represents avertical section on line ac m, Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale. Fig.5represents a section of a form of a hanger and stretcher in horizontalposition.

Similar letters of reference indicate o0rresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a block or plate of wood, metal,or other suitable material, in the side of which are slots or throats B,which extend in horizontal direction and produce the arms C, saidthroats being open at their outer ends so that a proper portion of thelegs of a pair of pantaloons may be inserted thereinto.

D designates jaws, each of which is mounted on the upper side of oneofthe arms 0 and adapted to move to and from the arm above the same, so asto close and open the throat between said arms, it being noticed thatthe upper arm is not provided with such jaw, it however forming a throatwith the arm just below it.

The operation is as follows: The legs of the pantaloons, near the bottomthereof, are inserted in either of the throats and rested on the jawthereof, the pantaloons being in inverted condition. When the garment islet go, as its weight is superimposed on the jaw and the edge E of thelatter projects toward the bottom of the legs of the pantaloons, saidjaw rotates or turns on its axis, so that said edge advances toward thearm above it, thus partly closing the throat in which it plays andpressing the legs of the pantaloons against said arm, the effect ofwhich is the gripping or engagement of said legs, whereby the garment isprevented from slipping from position, and as it remains pendent orsuspended the material is enabled to stretch itself and have its baggingor distortion removed. When the garment is to be withdrawn, it is simplyslid sidewise from the throat it occupies, thus clearing the jaw and armand being entirely disengaged therefrom. In the present case I showthree throats and jaws, in each or either of which a pair of pantaloonsmay be entered and thus suspended and stretched; but it is evident thatsaid number may be increased or decreased, as desired.

The block or plate A is shown as made in sections, with each of which anarm is connected, the several sections being joined and secured by glueor other suitable material. Interposed between the sections are dowelsF, which serve to brace or stiffen the block and prevent warpingthereof. The journals or axes Got the jaws have their bearings in theblock A and ears or pieces H on the outer ends of the arms 0.

The block or plate may be provided with one or more eyes, hooks, &c.,for hanging the same in any suitable place.

In Fig. 5 the device is in horizontal position, and each arm 0 providedwith a jaw D, between which jaws the garment is received and accordinglygripped or held.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A plate with arms projecting laterally therefrom and separated onefrom another, producing a throat which is open at its outer end, and ajaw which is mounted on one of said arms and adapted to rotate towardand from the other arm, thus closing and opening said throat in thedirection of the length thereof, said parts being combined substantiallyas described.

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2. A garment hanger and stretcher consiststructed in sections Withintermediate re-e'ni0 ing of a block orplate Witha horizontal throatforcing connecting-pieces lying parallel with therein, and agripping-jaw connected With said sections of the block or plate,substaneither wall of said throat adapted to reduce tially as described.

5 the width of the throat, substantially as de- CLARENCE A EVANSscribed.

3. A garment hanger and stretcher eonsist- \Vitnesses: ing'of a block ora plate with throats therein JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, to receive thegarment, said block being con- A. P. JENNINGS.

